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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK C. RINSCHE, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNGR TO BURROUGHS ADDING MACHINE COMPANY, 013 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

a TABULATING MECHANISM FOR ADDING MACHINES.

Application filed October 14, 1921. Serial No. 507,613.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK C. Rmsonn, a citizenof the United states residin at Detroit, in the county of lvayne and btate of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tabulating Mechanisms for Adding Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to crosstabulating equipments for adding and listing or like machines and the principal object is to provide improved means for controlling the movement of a laterally shiftable paper carriage in the performance of tabulation work to enable the operator more conveniently andexpeditiously to varythe normal order of tabulation to suit the particular accountant work to be accomplished. The invention in the illustrative form of embodiment herein described and shown is applied to the well known Burroughs machine. I am aware that there are numerous patents exemplifying various forms and arrangements of tabulating mechanisms applied to this, as well as to other types of adding machines and adapted to perform various sorts of tabulation work. It may be helpful in this connection. to refer specifically to several prior patents which will serve in a general way to indicate-the state of the art. Patent No. 977,582, issued December 6, 1910, upon an invention of Edward R. Barrett, and Patent-No. 1,046,-

. 5-16, issued December 10, 1912, upon an invention of Russell E. Bonner, show tabulating equipments which provide for columnar shift of the carriage from right to left in an automatic; manner from one columnar position to the next and also provide for automatically returning the carriage in the opposite direction to its first columnar position as an incident to the operation of the machine with thecarriage in its last columnar position. Patents Nos. 1,063,181 and 1,135,500, issued June 3,1913, and April 13, 1915, respectively, upon inventions of John J. Chapin, and Patent No. 1,172,485, issued February 22, 1916, upon an invention of mine disclose tabulating arrangements providing means for shifting the paper carriage from any columnar position toany other columnar position at the will of the operator without regard to any regular order or succession of columns, the shifting of the carriage being automatic in the Chapin patents under the control of the tabulating keys, and the: shifting in the patent granted on my invention being accomplished by a manually operable lever'when the usual column stops or dogs are dispensed with.

The present invention aims to take care of a somewhat different sort of tabulation in which items or amounts may ordinarily be printed in the same horizontal line in-all columns of the paper or work sheet and which occasionally requires that the last item or amount in a horizontal line be printed in an intermediate column and that the first item or amount of the next line be printed in a. different intermediate column and also in some cases does not require printing of items in an intermediate column or columns. In the preferred form of embodiment of the invention disclosed herein, the machine is particularly adapted to perform certain classes of bookkeeping work but for the sake of clearness, and illustration it has been shown and described as peculiarly adapted to make out monthly bank statements, such as those usually furnished to depositors. In such class of work it is usually desirable to print the old balance in the first column (left hand) on the statement, the amounts of several checks cashed by the'bank in the next columns appropriated for that purpose, the amount deposited in the next column, and the new balance in the last column. It will sometimes happend that fewer checks have been cashed than there are check columns provided for or that no checks have been cashedfiin which event it is preferable to move the carriage directly to the deposit columnar position upon operation of the machine to printthe amount of the last check or to print the old balancein the first column, thus eliminating or dispensing with blank operations of the machine with the be more'checks cashed than there. are

desirable to record the amounts of the additional checks in the check columns on the next horizontal line and omit recording in the deposit and-new balance columns at the end of the first printed line of checks and also the recording of the old balance in the first column of the second printed line of checks. To take care of this sort of tabulation the laterally shiftable carriage of the machine, embodying the present invention, is normally and automatically moved by the carriage spring from right to left from one columnar position to the next to 'efi'ect the printing of items and amounts in all the columns on the statement sheet. Upon operation of the machine with the carriage in the new balance or last columnar position, a clutch, intermediate a. motor and the carriage, is rendered efiective and themotor returns the carriage to the right to its old balance or first columnar position. In order to effect continuous movement of the carriage directly from the old balance position or one of the check positions to the eposit column without stopping the carriage at an intermediate check columnar position or positions a key or touch bar (herein called the deposit key) and connections are provided so that when the machine is given an operation upon depression of the key the column stop fingers or dogs are moved to ineffective position during movement of the carriage past the intermediate check columns, the carriage being arrested in deposit columnar position. A. manually depressible key (called the check key herein) is provided for, effecting return .movement of the carriage-directly to the first check columnar position after an amount has been printed in the last-check column connections being operated by the key to render the clutch efl'ective and to position a device for rendering the clutch inefiective at the proper time to position the carriage in the first check columnar position without the necessity of operating the machine proper.

With the above and incidental objects in viewv the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts the essential elements whereof are recited in the appended claims, and the preferred form of embodiment-{of which is described'in detail hereinafter and illustrated.

in full in the accompanying drawings which form part of this specification.

Of said drawings, Fig. 1 represents an adding machine of the well-known Burroughs type, having applied thereto a tabulating mechamsm embodying the present invention, the machine being represented in right-hand side elevation with the em closing casing of the machine and the h0us' ing for the motor drive connections shown in section and parts of the supporting frame broken away; Fig. 2 is a left-hand side elevation of the rear portion of the machine -with' some of the parts broken away; Fig.

3 is a rear elevation of the machine showing in section the housing for the motor drive car nections and other parts; Fig. 4 is 11.

top plan view of the laterally shiftable carriage with the platen and paper support or '55 of Fig. 3 and shows some of the parts in the positions which they assume when the carriage is in the deposit columnar position; Fig. 6 is a left hand side elevation, partlyin section, of the laterally shiftab-le carriage showing some of the parts in the positions which they assume while the carriage is moving directly to the deposit columnar position from any one of the first three c'ol-. umn'arpositions; Fig. 7 is a fragmentary rear. elevation with parts broken away showing part of the control mechanism for the carriage and illustrating the parts in the positions which they assume while the carriage is being moved by the electric motor towards the right (as viewed from the front) Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the control mechanism shown in Fig. 7 as well as other parts and illustrates the condition of the parts just as I the clutch is released upon movement of the carriage slightly to the right of the first columnar position; Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8 except.that some of the parts'of the Fig. 8 are not shown, and illustrates the position of the parts just as the clutch is to be released when the carriage is moved directly from an advanced columnar position to the first check columnar position; Fig. 10 is aperspective view of the cam device on the carriage for effecting release of the'clutch upon return of the carriage to the right; Fig. .11 is a vertical section taken on the line 1111 of Fig. 4; Fig. 12 is a section taken on the line 12-12 of Fig. 11; Fig. 13 is a plan view of the carriage 'return'clutch; Fig. '14: is a perspective view of the carriage return clutch showing, the.

parts in dissembled relation; Fig. 15 is a section taken on the line'1515 of Fig. 11; Fig. 16 is a perspective view of the yokefrictional drive clutch; Fig. 19' is a detail view showin the check key in depressed condition an some of the parts actuated thereby in moved position; Fig. 20 is a sec tional view through the device on the carreturn clutch efl'ective; Fig. 21 is a view of a portion of a statement showing the character and form of tabulation which a maadapted to perform.

Machine proper and paper carriage.

As stated above, the invention herein shown is applied to the well-known Burriage rack bar for rendering the carriage roughs adding and listing machine, but it is to be understood that it is not to be limited necessarily in its application thereto. It will also be apparent that the tabulating equipment, embodying the present invention, is adapted for other purposes than making out monthly bank statements and that in the present description it is described as being peculiarly adapted for making out such statements only for the purpose of illustration and for the sake of convenience and clearness.

' In view of the fact that the Burroughs machine is'in extensive commercial use and its basic principles of operation are well known it will be wholly unnecessary to describe the machine proper in any detail but certain familiar elements thereof .will be pointed out as .11101'8 intimately concerned in the carrying out of the functions of the present invention. The usual numeral keys 25 (Fig. 1) are employed for setting up the various items and controlling the extent of movement, of the usual actuating levers 26 which carry the type plates for presenting the items and totals at the printing line, racks being carried by the forward end of the levers for actuating the usual adding and. subtracting registers. A back panel 27 of the sup-porting frame work of the machine has securedto it the usual track 28 upon which the laterally shiftable carriage 2!) runs. A rotating platen 30' is supported in a rocking frame 33 mounted on a cross rod 34 which is carried by the carriage. The

rocking frame 33 a'lso carries a paper support or back 32 (shown broken away in Fig. 3)- for holding upright the monthly statements, such as that shown in Fig. 21, the supporting back being preferably the same as that disclosed in Patent No. 1,208,375 granted December 12, 1916, on an invention of mine, and reference may be made to such patent for a complete description of the rocking frame and devices supported thereon as well as for the manually operated line spacing mechanism.

Also mounted on the carriage is a rock shaft 35 carrying a series of column. stops or dogs for determining the columnar position of the carriage. On each operation of the mlachine, 'when the carriage is to be moved from right to left from one columnar position to the next by the carriage spring 41 (Fig. i), releasingmechanism 37 (Fig 3) is operated by a cam 38 (Fig. 2) through a lever 39 to rock the shaft 35 and thereby move one of the stop dogs 36 out oi engagement with a permanent stop 40, the shaft 35 being rocked back to normal position by its spring, so that the next stop dog abuts the permanent stop 40 to arrest the carriage in the next columnar. position, all of which is the usual construction and operation in the Burroughs machine. The machine is operated by an electric motor 4.3 through suitable connections, the motor and. connections being the same as those substantially described in the Patent No. 866; 750 issued September 2%, 1909, upon an invention of Jesse G. Vincent, and reference may, if desired, be had to such patent for a detail description of the same. Sufiice it to state in the present specification that when the touch or finger bar 44 is depressed by the operator, a clutch is rendered efl'ee-' tive through levers 45 and a bar 46 (F ig. 1) whereupon the drive shaft 47 is given its positive stroke by the motor through a crank arm 48. a link 49 and an arm. 50, the drive shaft 47 being returned to its normal position by the customary power springs 52;

Oar-ridge return motor connections.

As an incident to the operation of the machine when the carriage 1s in ts last col umnar position, this being the position in which the new balance is printed on the bank statement (Fig. 21), the carriage is returned to its first columnar position, in which the oldj balance is printed, by the motor 43 through suitable connections which will now be described. For the sake of convenience and in order to avoid repetition the movement of the carriage -to the right or left will be referred to as viewed from the front of the machine and the columnar positions will be considered as being numbered. from left to right, the first columnar position being the old balance position.

Mounted on an extension 53 of the motor case is a housing 54: (Figs. 1 and 3) in which is journaled a shaft 55 connected to the armature shaft 56 of the motor 43. A worm gear 61 meshes with a gear 58 fast on a shaft 59 which is journaled in the casing 54 and. connected at its upper end by a tongue-and-groove connection to one member of a frictional clutch 57 (Fig. 11) which will be described hereinafter, the clutch being interposed between the shaft 59 and a shaft 60 which at its upper end is journaled in bearings carried by a vertical housing 63 circular in cross section and mounted on the housing 54:. Carried on the upper end of the housing 63 is still another housing or casing 64: of more or less irregular contour or shape, the housing 64: being rigidly secured to theupper end .of the housing by a depending splitcollar 72 on the housing 64 which encircles the upper cylindrical end of the housing 63 and rests on an annular shoulder 65 on the latter, the collar 7 2 being drawn tightly into binding engagement with the supporting portion of the housing 63 by a serew66 (Fig. 2) projecting through cars 67 on the collar 72. Splined on the upper end of the shaft 60 is a gear68 (Figs.

end of the stud 71 and held against vertical movement thereon by the head of a screw 73 is a gear 74 of the same diameter as the gear 69 and meshing with a rack bar 75 mounted on the paper carriage 29. Upon normal operation of the machine and when the carriage is shift ed from right to left by the carriage spring 41, the rack 75 is'moved with the carriage and rotates the gear 74 which is normally disconnected from the gear 69, but when the machine is operated with the carriage in the last or new balance columnar position the gears 69 and 74 are automatically coupled together whereupon the gear 74 is rotated in a clockwise direction by the electric motor through the above described connections to return the carriage to its first or old balance columnar position in opposition to the carriage spring.

The device for clutching the gears 69 and 74 together will now be described. A clutch member 76 (best shown in Figs. 8, 11, and

14 -is positioned on an integral collar or hu 77 of the gear 74 and is provided with an annular groove 78 and .two projections or'wings 79 from which depend pins or studs 80. The gear 74 is provided with two arcuate slots 83 and also an annular groove or depression 84 inits upper face and a corresponding groove 85 is formed in the upper face of the gear 69. The pins 80, the lower ends of which are inclined or'beveled in opposite directions, project through the slots 83 in the gear 74, but normally the- I lower ends of the studs do not project below the lower face of the gear 74 and therefore the studs are normally out of the path of movement of s' uared studs or projections 86 positioned in t e groove -85 of the gear 69 andhaving their upper faces beveled or inclined in opposite directions. It will be seen that when the clutch -member 76 is lowered, as an incident to the operation of the machine and. with the carriage in the last columnar position to print the new balance, by means to be described presently, the ends of the studs 80 are moved into the path of movement of the studs 86 on the gear 69 which is continuously rotated in an anti-clockwise. direction by. i the motor through the above described motor drive connections. Immediately upon contact of the studs 86 with the studs 80 the clutch member 76 is moved relatively to the gear 74 against the tension of a spring'88 connected to studs onthe gear 74 and the clutch member 76, andsafter the studs 80 have been carried into engagement with the ends of the slots 83 towards which they are moving, the gear 74 is moved with the gear 69 toreturn the carriage to its firstor old-balance columnar position.

The lower ends of the studs 80 and the upper faces of the stud .86 are beveled or vis provided with studs 89 inclined in the same directions so that if these ends come into contact when the clutch member 76 is lowered, the studs 80 will not bind on the studs 86. If the ends of the studs 80 and 86 were horizontal, instead of beveled, there would be danger of the ends abutting each other and preventing the clutch member 76 from being lowered. But even with the lower and upper faces of these respective studs beveled, there is a possibility of the inclined or beveled faces of the studs 80 striking or binding on the beveled faces of the studs 86. The spring 88 is employed to prevent a misoperation of the clutch, should the studs tend to bind as just stated, it being evident that if they bind they willmove together thereby placing the spring 88 under tension so that the latter tends to restrain movement of the clutch member 76 (the tension of the spring 88 being insufl'icient to effect movement of the carriage) thus breaking the binding joint between the studs to ermit the lower faces of the studs 80 to ride down the beveled faces of the studs 86 and then the studs 80 are picked up by the respective studs 86 during the next half rotation of the gear 69. The sprin 88 also performs the function of partiafiy absorbing th'einitial load or shock due to the sudden movement of the carriage towards the right 'from a position of rest.

Means for closing carriage return clutch.

permanent stop 40 and the carriage is moved slightly past the last columnar positiontoward the left to operate the following described connections for closing the carriage return clutch, described above. The rack 75 Figs. 3 and 7) projecting through elongate slots 90 in laterally extending projections 93 on plates 94 secured to t-he end plates of the paper carriage. Aspring 95 is connected at its ends to studs on the rack 75 and the extension 90 on the right-hand plate 94 (as viewed in Fig. 3) and normally serves to maintain the rack in the osition, relative to the carriage, shown in Fig. 3. A block 96 (Figs. 3, 4, 7 and 20) is slldably mounted on the rack bar .7 5, the block being provided in its lower face with the T-shaped slot in which fits a-track 97 integral with the rack bar. Secured to this block"96 is a cam on clutch throw-in finger 297 which, when theparriage is moved to theleft slightly past-the last columnar position near the end of the operation of the machine as above stated, engages a stud 98 (Fig. 7) on a lever 99 and rocks the latter about its pivot 100 whereupon a stud or roller 103 (Figs. 8 and 9) on one end of the lever 99 lowers the clutch member 76 into clutching position as above described, the roller 103 being positioned in the annular groove 78 of the clutch member 76. The carriage return clutch now being effective, it is apparent that the carriage will be moved toward the right to its first columnar position in opposition to the carriage spring 41. The lever 99 is pivoted to a plate 104 fast to" a plate or web 105 integral with the gear housing 64. The lever 99 is shown in Fig. 7 in its rocked position and the finger 297 is shown in two positions, the position represented by the dash lines being that which the finger assumes when the clutch is closed.

I During the first step or increment of movement of. the rack bar 75 by the md t or through the above described motor drive connections and carriage return clutch the rack bar is moved (toward the left as viewed in Figs. 3 and 7) relatively to the carriage because of the slot and stud c-onnectionsp 8990, the rack bar being moved against the tension of the spring 95 relative to the carriage until the studs 89 engage the left hand ends (as viewed in Figs. 3 and 7) of the slots 90 in the projections 93, whereupon the carriage is then moved with the rack bar. The spring 95 also serves to partially absorb the initial shock or load due to the movement of the carriage from its position of rest by the motor. This initial movement of the rack bar relative to the carriage is utilized to effect line-spacing and also to disable the columnar dogs 36 during return movement of the carriage, it being obvious from the construction of the dogs that it is necessary to hold the dogs out of normal position during the return movement of the carriage to the right-so that they will not engage the permanent stop 40.

Disabling stop dogs during carriage return.

The mechanism for retaining the stop dogs 36 in ineffective position during return movement'ofthe carriage to the right is best shown in Figs. 3, 6, and 7, and will now be described. A cam plate 106, mounted on the rack bar 75, has a cam or inclined edge 107 adapted to act upon a roller 108 carried by a lateral extension 109 of a lever 110 journaled on a cross-rod 113 mounted in the plates 94 on the paper carriage. The forward end of the lever 110 is pro-, vided with a laterally extending finger 121 which projects in front of an arm 114 of a yoke-shaped member 115 loose on the cross rod 116 also carried by the carriage. Fast on the column dog shaft 35 is an arm 117 which at its upper end carries thepin 118 projecting into the slot or recess formed in the lower end of the arm 114. From this description it will be obvious that, upon the initial movement of the rack bar relative to the paper carriage, the cam plate 116 ele vates the roller 108 to the position shown in Fig. 7, whereupon the shaft 35 is rocked to the position shown in Fig. 6 through the lever 110 and the yoke 115, the stop dogs 36- being then out of operative position. The camplate 106 retains the roller 108 in elevated position during the entire return movement ofthe carriage slightly past its first (old balance) columnar position and when the carriage return clutch is disabled as will now be described, the spring 95 moves the rack bar back to normal position relative to the carriage, thereby moving the cam plate 106 out of cooperative relation with the roller 108 to permit a spring 119, connected to the yoke member 115 and to the carriage frame, to restore the yoke member, the shaft 35, the column dogs 36 and the lever 110 to normal positions, the

carriage being arrested in its first columnar osition when moved slightly back towards the left by the carriage spring after the carriage return clutch has been disabled.

Means for opening oarfiage return cZu-to/t.

.riage return clutch, the carriage then being shifted slightly toward the left by the carriage spring to its first colmunar position.

The lever 99 is retained in its normal position (Figs. 3 and 4) or in its moved position (Figs. 7 and 9) by engagement of a stud 126 in the appropriate notch 127 or 131 formed in the lever 99. The stud 126 is carried by an arm 128 pivoted on the,

plate 104 and connected to a spring 129 which is tensioned and hence retains the pin 126 in the notch 127 when the lever is in normal position and in the notch 131. when the lever is in moved position.

Adjustabilz'ty of control fingers 123 and 297.

I As is customary in the Burroughs machine the column dogs 36 are adjustable on the shaft 35 to predetermine the columnar posi- 1 tions andhence accommodate the making out of records of various sorts and on'diiferent widths of statementsor work sheets. The block 96, carrying the clutch throw-in finger 297, and the, block 120, carrying the. clutch throw-out finger 123, are therefore adjustably mounted on the rack bar 75 so that they may be positioned in'accordance witlr the positions of the first and last column dogs to enable and disable the carriage return clutch at the proper times. Pivoted in a lonigitudinal groove 132' (Figs. 6 and 20) in the block 96 is alever 130 provided with a finger 133 (Fig. 20) which projects through an aperture at the bottom of the groove 132 and is adapted to engage and be held in engagement with any one of a plurality of holes 134 formed in the upper face of the track 97 on the rack bar 75, the finger 133 being maintained in the desired hole by a spring 135 compressed between the lower edge of the lever 130 and the block 96. If the carriage is given a too sudden or slamming movement toward the left (or toward the right as viewed in Figs. 3 and 7) past its normal extent of movement during the limbering up of the machine or by the carriage spring, an inclined edge 136 of the lever 133 will engage under a roller stud 174, to be referred to more particularly hereinafter,whereupon the lever 130 will be rocked to move its pin 133 out of its normal engagement with one of the holes 134 to permit the carriage to continue its movement toward the left independently of the block 96 and hence prevent injury or damage to the parts due to the slamming of the carriage.

The machine is limbered up by moving the carriage back and forth by hand in order to overcome any sluggishness or retarding tendency due to the moist condition ofv the machine, occasioned by atmospheric conditions, or to the oil in the bearings becoming thick or gummy while standing idle or from low temperature. During this limbering up operation, the tabulator stop dogs 36 are disabled by the manual rocking of the yoke-shaped handle'115, which has the downwardly extending projection. 114,

(Figs. 1 and 3) engaging with the stud 118,

on the outwardly extending arm 117 fast on the rock shaft 35 andwhile the stop dogs are 'so disabled the carriage isshifted back and forth b hand. When the carriage is moving to t e right (as viewed in Fig. 3) under control of its s ring drum during a normal operation of t e machine, sluggishness of the stop shaft 35 and the associated parts may prevent a stop dog 36 from returning into enga ement with stop 40 with the result that t e carriage might overthrow past its normal limit of. movement. If the latch 130 werenot 'provided, upon overthrow of the carriage in that direction, either during the limbering upl operationor a normal operationof the machine, as just explained, theroller stud 174 mightri'de up the cam plate5297 and when,,the'-carrying plate 168 is then blocked from further vertical 1novcment. by the limiting slots 172 (Fig. 7) and 166 (Fig. 1), the roller stud 174 and associated parts might be injured, or if they did not give way, the bar 75 might be carried to the left to the limit of the slots 90 (Fig. 3) with the result that the studs 89, engaging the ends of the slots, might be torn from their fixed position. 7 However, with the latch 130 provided, the block 96 will be released by means of the roller 174 camming one end of the latch 130 downward thus-lifting its pin 133 and hence permitting the block 96.t'o slide along the bar 75 instead of carrying the bar with it with the possible attendant injury to the mechanism.

Pivoted to the finger 123, as best shown in Figs. 3 and 10, is alever 138 having one end bent laterally to position an integral pin 139 in any selected hole 134 in the rack bar, thepin being held in the hole by a spring 140, compressed between the upper face of the block 120 and a lateral extension 143 on the lever 138, the lever 138 being operable to position. the pin 139 in the desired hole 134 to determine the extent of return movement of the carriage to the right If the carriage is slammed past its, normal limit of movement to the right by the motor a cam finger 141 on the lever 138 rides under a stud 142, whereupon the lever 138 is rocked to disengage its pin 139 from a hole 134, thus avolding probable injury to the finger 123 and associated parts.

Similarly, with the block 120 rigidly secured to the rack bar 75, overthrow of the carriage, toward the left as viewed in Fig. 3, either during the limbering up operation or under the control of the motor, might result in the cam finger 1'23 riding up over the top of the stud 174, when in dopressed condition, with the result of either breaking the cam plate 123 or injuring the roller stud 174 or its supporting plate. Or the block 120 might strike the roller stud 142 and injure this stud or its supporting arm 217, or the roller stud 125 and its supporting arm 99. However, withthe latch 138 provided, it will be seen that when the carriage overthrows toward theleft (as viewed space.

of the carriage to the right and the step of the movement of the rack bar 75 relative to the carriage, when the carriage return clutch is rendered effective, is taken advantage of toope'rate this mechanism. Pivoted on the upper rear end of the lever 110 (Fig. 6) is a lever or pawl 145 which is normally held out of engagement with a ratchet wheel 146 on the roller platen by a sleeve or collar on the shaft 34. When the lever 110 is rocked counter clockwise as viewed in Fig. 6, by the cam plate 106 on the rack bar 75, as above described, a spring 147, connected to one end of the lever 145 and at its other end to the lever 110, raises the forward end of the lever 145, whereupon the nose of the pawl engages a tooth on the ratchet wheel to ro-' tate the ratchet wheel and platen one line When the cam plate 106 is moved from under the roller 108, as above described, the pawl 145 is restored to the position shown in Fig. 6 upon return movement of the lever 110 to normal position.

Skimm'ng check columns.

The description thus far given explains fully the operation of the machine when it is operated to print items or amounts in all of the columns in succession on a horizontal line, the carriage being returned automatically to the first columnar position as an incident to the operation of the machine priate to such columns, the work then being more expeditiously and conveniently performed by avoiding or eliminating blank operations with the carriage in such columnar positions. As a-forestated, .in

making out bank statements, it occasionally happens that there are fewer checks cashed than there are check columns, or that there are no checks to be recorded, in which case it is desirable to skip from the column in which the last item is printed directly to the deposit column and the mechanism for controlling the operation of the machine to perform this result willnow be described A key 148 (Fig. 1), called the deposit key herein and positioned on the right hand side of the keyuoard, finger-piece projecting over the rear'end of the familiar touch bar 44. The key 148 is pivoted to an arm 150 fast on a shaft 153 to which is also fast a rearwardly extend-- ving arm 154, the key being maintained notmally in elevated-position by a spring 155 connected to the arm 150 and a studon the is provided with a,

by the dash lines in Fig.

(Figs. 1 and 3) formed in the lower end of a link 167 which is pivoted at its upper end to a plate 168 (Figs. 3, 7, and 8) slidably mounted on the back plate 104, the plate 168 being provided with a slot 172 through which screws 169 project. The plate 168 is normally held in its elevated position, shown in full lines in Figs. 7 and 8, by means of a spring 173 so that the roller stud 174 which is mounted on the upper end of the plate, normally retains a bail 175, the cross-member 176 of 'whichrests on the roller stud 174, in normal elevated position. The bail,

which is loose on the cross rod 113, comprises the cross-bar 176 and side arms 177 (Figs. v2 and 5) provided with projections 178 which when the lever or bail is lowered as will be described presently, are adapted to contact-with a square cross-rod 179 of the carriage to limit the movement of the bail. Loose on the cross-rod 113 is a lever 180 (Figs. 5 and 6), the upper curved end of which is retained in engagement with the top edge of the cross-bar 176 by a spring 183 and the bail normally holds the lower end of the lever 180 out of contact with an arm 184 fast on the shaft 35 carrying the column stops, the normal position of the lever 180, being shown in Fig. 2. When the carriage is in the first (old balance) columnar positionor in the first check or second check columnar position (the second or third columnar position of the carriage to print the old balance or the amount of 1 check and it isidesired to print the next amount in the deposit column of the statement sheet as is the case where there are no checks to be recorded or fewer checks to he recorded than there are check columns, the deposit key 148 is depressed, the touch bar 44 being onerated bythe deposit key' at the same time .to. effect operation of the machine to print the old balance or the amount of a check in the particular column in which the carriageis then'positioned. Depression of the deposit key 148 through the arm 150, shaft 153, arm 154, link 156, lever 157, yoke-shaped member 163 and the link 167 lowersthe plate 168 against the action of its spring 17 3 to the posit on indicated 7, whereupon the springv 183 rocks the lever 180- so that the front edge of itsldownwardly' extending arm contacts with rear edge of the arm 184,

the bail 176*bei-ng permitted to be rocked in yoke-shaped member 163 is rocked as just described because the slot 160 in\its arm is inclined and the stud 159, when lowered, rides down the slot. The plate 168 is locked in lowered position by engagement ofkthe lower end of a latch lever 186 in a notch 191 in the plate, the lever being rocked intolock-v ing position by the spring 129. The column stop shaft is rocked in the usual manner whereupon the spring ,183 rocks ,the lever 180 further in the clockwise direction to the position shown in Fig. 6 to bring its lower end over the arm 184 to prevent, until the latch lever 186 is disabled, return movement of the shaft and column dogs to nor mal position as will now be described. Slidably mounted on the cross-bar of the bail 175 is a slide or plate 187, which may be adjusted and secured in adjusted position by a screw 188. (Fig.4) manipulated by'itsknurled head which is provided with a stud 189. As the column dogs are held out of normal position by the lever 180, it will be apparent that the carriage spring 41 moves the paper carriage directly to its depositcolumnar position past the intermediate check columnar position or positions without stoppage of the carriage in such intermediatepositionsand that just previous to the time the carriage reaches the deposit position but after'it has moved past the third check columnar position, the stud 189 ,strikes the upper end of the latch lever 186 thereby swinging its lower end out of engagement wit-h the notch 191 in the plate 168 to permit the spring 173 to raise the plate and the bail 175. Elevation of the bail rocks the lever 180 in opposition to its spring 183 to move the lower end of the lever from above the arm184, thus permitting the column stop shaft 'to be rocked to normal position so that the column stop, appropriate to the deposit columnar position, engages the permanent stop to arrest the carriage. in this latter position, The slot 166 (Fig. 1) inthe lower end of the link 16? isv provided to permit return of the touch bar 44, the deposit key 148 and connections to normalposition upon being released by the operator, the link 1677 and plate 168 being subsequently elevated to normal position upon operation of the'lateh-186 to release the plate 168. -In order to insure movement of the lower end of the lever 180 out of contact with the foot 184 when the latch186 is disabled, the lower portion of the slide 187 is bent around the lower edge of the cross-bar 176 of the baiL 17 5 so that it will strike the stud 174 and rock the bail and hence the lever 180 past their normal. posit ons to the positions shown in Fig. 5, the bail and lever-180 being returned to norkey 148 is depressed while the carriage is in mal position by the spring 183 after the slide 187 has passed the stud 174.

Listing deposits.

In some instances it might be desirable to list deposits, one under the other and upon successive operations of the machine, and it will be observed that, if the deposit deposit columnar position, the machine Is operated and the column stops are latched out of operative positionin the same manner as when the machine is operated upon depression of the deposit key to move the carriage from \the old-balance or the first check or secondlcheck columnar positions to the deposit columnar position. Hence the carriage is moved to the left from the deposit columnar position the full extent past the last columnar position under the action of its spring, the carriage return clutch being then rendered effective so that the motor returns the carriage to the first (old-balance) columnar position, but as the column stops are still held out of operative position the carriage is again moved toward the left by its spring and again arrested in depositcolumnar position, the stud 189 releasing the latch 186 as the carriage approaches deposit columnar position, as before described. 9| The carriage is now in position to again print in the deposit column but on the next line, the line-spacing mechanism having been operated as an incident and preliminarily to the return of the carriage toward the right While the machine may be operated to list two or more deposits by depressing the deback to the old balance position and from thence to the deposit position as just described, a more satisfactory method of listing two or more deposits may be aocomplishedby depressing the well known car- 11 riage normal key which is common to Burroughs of the present type and serves to disable t he tabulating mechanism and render the line-spacing mechanism efi'ective.

If desired, listing of deposits under the control of the deposit key, as above described, ma 1 be prevented and to this endan extra slide 187 (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3) may be employed to arrest the carriage in the usual blank or spacing position when the deposit key is operated by mistake with the camriage in the deposit columnar position, the sequence of operation being the same as when the deposit key is operated to effect movement of the carriage to the deposit columnar position from a precedent columnar position. As is ,well known, the spacing columnarposition, which in a machine embodying the resent invention is intermediate the deposit and new balance umnar position and to prevent columnar positions, is employed in the Burroughs machine of this type to permit a blank operation if the machine with the car: riage in such po "tion to restore certain parts of the transfer or carrying mechanism for the registers, before the total is printed, the carriage being arrested in such spacing posi tion under the control of the columnar stop 36 appropriated thereto.

It is also apparent that it it is desirable to prevent-the carriage from being moved directly from the spacing position or new Balance columnar position to the deposit columnar position, through accidental depression of the deposit key 148, still another slide 187 (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3) may be provided to trip the latch 186 as the carriage moves to its new balance colthe latch 186 from latching the slide 168 in depressed position should it be depressed by the deposit key when the carriage is in its new balance columnar position. When the carriage is in its new balance columnar position the stud on the slide 187 b is in the position shown by the dotted-line circle, numbered 189 in Fig. 3, so that when the bail 176 is lowered upon accidental depression of the deposit key the stud engages the left hand side of the latch 186 as viewed in Fig. 3 to prevent the latch from being moved by its spring 129 into latching'position and hence the carriage is stopped in its old-balance position whereas it would move on to the deposit position,

which is nBt desired.

Oczwz'agereturn to first check columnar position.

VVhen it is desired to return the carriage to the first check columnarv position, immediately after an amo unt is printed in the last check column, as'is the case when there are more checks than there are cheek columns provided for, a special key 193 (Fig. 2) called the cheek key, herein, is employed, which when depressed renders effective the carriage return clutch so that the motor returns the carriage to the right slightly past thefirst checkcolumnar position whereupon he clutch releasing finger 123 releases the clutch to permit the carriage-spring 41 to move the carriage slightly to the left to the first check columnar position in which it is arrested. It will be understood that when the machine is operated to print an amount in the last check column on the statement sheet the carriage is moved to the deposit columnar position, and that the key 193 is then operated to effect return movement of the carriage directly to the first check columnar position by the motor, the machine proper not being operated while this function is being carried out. The check key 193 is positioned at the upper left-hand side of the keyboard, the key being mounted on "a stem 194 which is normally held in its elevated position with its shoulder engaging the lower keyboard plate by a spring 195, lower end of the key stem being guided forvertical movement by a shouldered stud 196 engaging in the recess in the end of the key stem. Fiyoted on the key stem is a latch 197, theu'ear edge of which is maintained in engagement with a stud 198 on the rear end of a lever 199 by a spring 200. The lever 199, which is pivotedon the stud 158, carries a stud 203 on its rear end proectlng into a slot 204 provided in one arm 205 of a yoke-shaped member 206 journaled on the shaft 162 (Figs. 2, 16 and 19).; A rearwardly extendipg arm 207 on. the member 206 carries a stud 208 projecting through a slot 209 in the lower end of a link 210 pivotally supported extension on a plate 213 (Figs. 7, 8 and 9) which is provided with. a slot 214 througn which project at its upper end by a lateral headedfsorews 215,-the plate for vertical movement on. the screws. The upper end of theplate 213 is bent to form a lateral projection 216 extending under the leyer 99 immediately below the stud 125. Plvoted on an extension of the plate 213 is an arm 217 provided with a cam edge 218 on a projecting nose, the cam edge being normally held in engagement with the stud 125 by a spring 219 connected at its ends to studs on the plate 213 and arm 217. The upper end of the arm 217 is equipped with the stud 142 and its lower end is provided with an extension 223 adapted to limit its movement about its pivot in a clockwise direction, as'vieWed inlFig. 7 When the check key 193 is depressed, with the carriage in the deposit columnar position, a shoulder 224 (Fig. 2) on the latch 197, engages the pin 198 on the lever 199 to raise the rear end of the lever, whereupon the yoke memher. 206 is rocked-forwardly, through e0- action of the stud 203 and the slot 204, to raise the plate 213 through the link 210 from the position shown in Figs. 7 and 8 to that shown in Fig. 9. The plate 213 is aligned in normal position by engagement at a notch 225 in the slot in the plate with the upper stud 215 and is aligned in elevated osition by engagement of a corresponding notch 226 with the upper stud 215, the plate being yieldingly held tilted slightly toward the left, as viewed in Figs. 8 and 9, by the'spring 219. When the plate 213 is elevated as just described, its projection 216 rocks the lever 99to lower the clutch' 7 5 is first moved-toward the right-relative to the carriage to accomplish'the linespacing and to disable the column stops, as before explained. When. the carriage has columnar moved toward the right slightly past its first check columnar position the clutch releasing finger 123 engages thestud 142 as shown in Fig. 9, to depress the arm 217 and the plate 213 to their normal positions, the lever 99 being rocked to normal position by the engagement ofthe inclined edge 218 on the arm 217 with the stud 125 on the lever 99 to release the carriage return clutch. The rack bar is then moved by its spring 95 to normal position, relative to the carriage, permitting the column stop shaft 35 to be restored to normal position, so that upon movement of the carriage by its spring 41 'slightlytowards the left, the carriage is arrested in its first check columnar position.

, It will be apparent that the stud 142 is normally out of the path of movement of the clutch releasing finger 123 and that when the plate 213 is moved to its elevated position by the check key the finger 123 contacts with the stud 142 one step before the end of the finger engages-the stud 125 to operate the lever 99 when the check key is not depressed and the carriage is tobe moved to the old balanced position.

In order to permit the slide plate 213 to be depressed by the clutch throw-out finger 123, the latch 197 (Fig. 7) is rocked by engagement of its projection 230 with a stud 233 during the last increment of depression of the check key stem 194 whereby the'shoulder 224 of the latch is moved out of engagement with the pin 198 on the lever 199, as shown in Fig. 19, hence permitting return movement of the lever independently of the check key when the slide plate 213 is restored to normal position by the clutch releasing finger, as above described. If the latch 197 were not disconnected from the pin 1 98 and the check key held in depressed position by the operator a misoperation of the machine or breakage of the parts might occur when the plate 213 is automatically restoring to normal position.

If the check key 193 is depressed when .the carriage is in.the second or third check columnar position or new balance columnar position the carriage will be returned to the first check columnar position inthe-same manner in which the carriage isreturned from the deposit columnar position to the first check columnar position, and in certain klnds of accountant work these columnar shifts of the carriage may be desirable. It

is understood,. of course, that the electric motor runs continuously and that when the carriage is returned directly to the first check columnar position from an advanced position the machine proper is not'operated.

Ua'M'z'age governor. \Vhen the carriage is being moved toward the left by action of its spring 41 from one position to another, provision is made in the form of a centrifugal governor to regulate or slightly retard the movement of the carriage and ,prevent any excessive impact of the column stops against the permanent' stop plate 40. Referring, now to Figs. 11 and 15, this governor takes the form of a pair of weights 235, pivoted on studs 236 carried by a disc 237 secured to a hub 238 which is loose on a stub shaft 239 journaled in a bearing mounted in the cover plate 240 of the gearhousing 64. Fast to the upper end of the shaft 239 is a cam plate 243 having cam edges 244 adapted to cooperate with pins 245 on the weights 235. A gear 240 on the shaft 239 meshes with a pinion 247' journaled on a stud 248 secured in the cover plate 240. A pinion 249 secured to the hub of the pinion 247 meshes with the gear 74.

i The pinions 247 and 249 are held on the carriage return clutch ineffective, the rack bar 75 through the gear 74 and the pinions 247 and 249, rotates the pinion 246 and the.

cam plate 243 in the clockwise direction (as viewed in Fig. 15) and the cam plate engages the projecting ends of the studs 236 to move the disc 23 whereupon the free ends of the weights 235 are thrown outward by centrifugal force with their frictional faces 253 engaging the inner cylindrical face of the casing 250, thereby retarding or governing movement of the carriage to the left and lessening the impact of the column stops against the permanent stop 40. lVhen the carriage is returned to the right by the electric motor, it will be apparent that, as the carriage re-, turn clutch has been rendered effective, the cam plate 243 is rotated through the gearing in the reverse direction, that is the anticlockwise direction, whereupon its cam edges 253 contact with the pins 245 on the weights and rock the weights inwardly and thereby move their frictional faces 253 out of contact with the cylindrical face of the casing 250, so that the governor; will not retard the return movement of the carriage by the motor.

The frictional clutch 57, shown in F igures 11, 12, 17 and 18, is interposed between the i in the same direction,

shafts 59 and60 to prevent injury to the ma- 'Chil10 in case the gearing or carriage return clutch or any of the mechanisnr associated with the carriage jams or fails to function as intended. Removably connected to the upper end of the shaft 59 isthe clutch housing comprising a base plate 255 threaded into the lower end. of a cylindrical casing 256 threaded. at its upper end to receive a combination of a laterally shiftable carriage,

combination of a latter.

pressure regulating nut 257 held in place'by a locking nut 258 and a washer. The shaft 59 is connected to thebase plate 255 by a' tongue and groove connection 261 between the shaft and a hub on the base plate. A circular.bearing 259 on the plate 255' extends into a circular bore 260 in the squared lower end of the shaft. 60 to form a bearing for the The nut 257 is bored out to receive a pressure spring 263 which bears on the upper one of a series of friction (discs or washers 264 alternating with Washers or discs 265. The washers 264 arebored out to encircle the squared end of'th e shaft 60 and have oppositely extending projections 266 fitting in vertical grooves 267 in the casing 256 and the-washers 265 have square holes in which loosely fits the lower squared end of the shaft60. It will be seen that the washers 265 rotate with the shaft 60 and that the washers 2 64 rotate with the casing 256 and that through frictional contact of the washers with each other, caused by the pressure of the spring 263, the movement of the washers 264 is transmitted to the washers. 265 on the shaft 60 and the latter is rotated. If the mechanism in the gear housing 64 or parts associated with the carriage should for some reason jam or become inoperative so that they do not function properly the pressure exerted by the spring 263 is so regulated that the washers 265 'will slip on the washers 264 without imparting movement to the shaft 60 thus insuring that none of the parts will be injured. It will now be seen that the above described constructions are well calculated to accomplish the objects primarily stated. At the same time it is to be understood that these constructions are susceptible of considerable modification without departure from the spirit and scope of the invention and consequently in the claims which fo low the essential elements are cited without limitation to details of construction.

I claim:

1. In a machine of the class described, the

a prime mover, a clutch through which the -prime mover shifts said carr age, and means operated by the carriage for rendering said clutch ineffective in certain columnar positions of the carriage.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a laterally shiftable carriage, a prime mover for moving the carriage in only one direction, a clutch through which the prime mover shifts said carriage in said direction, and means carried by the carriage for disconnecting said clutch' in different columnar positions of thecarriage.

3. In a machine of the class described, the laterally shiftable carriage, a prime mover, a clutch comprising clutch members one of which is' adapted to be of which is adapted nected to said bodily moved position .ment to effect columnar moved intoand out of clutching position, and means for movingsaid clutch member out of clutch position upon movement of the' carriage past any one of a plurality of points. I

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination of alaterally shiftable carriage, a prime mover, a clutch mcluding a member adapted to be movedinto clutching position and throughwhich the prime mover shifts the carriage, and means actuated by 'mov'ement of the carriage for moving said :memher out of clutching position upon movement of the carriage past any selected one of a plurality of points.

5. In amachine laterally shiftable a clutch including.

of the class described, a

two clutch members one to be moved bodily into position,- a lever con- -member and means carried by the carriage for rocking the lever to move said-bodily moved member out of clutching engagement upon movement of the carriage past any one of a plurality of points.

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a laterally shiftable carriage, a-prime mover for moving the carriage directly to any one of a plurality of columnar positions by a eontinuous movement in one dire'ctionof the carriage past intermediate columnar positions, means moved to normal by the carriage to position the car'- riage in the desired column, moving the aforesaid meansout of normal position into position to be operated by the carriage. f

7. In a machine of the class described, the

and out. of clutching carriage, a prime mover,

and means for combination of a lateralllshiftable carriage 1S5 normally advanced by a step-by-step move- 6 spacing, motor means for automatcially returning the car riagetoits first columnar position as an incident to the operation of the machine with 1.10

the carriage in its last columnar position, and means for controlling the return 'of sa1d carriage by the motor means from one intermediate columnar position directly to a pre-- 7 j cedent intermediate columnar positron predetermined by said controlling means.

8. In a machine of the class described, the I combination of a laterally shiftable carriage normally advanced'by a step-by-fstep movement to effect columnar spacing,

motor 12' means for automatically returning the car; Q

riage to its first columnar posit1on as an" incident to the operation of the machine with the" carriage in its last columnar posh tion, and means for controlling the retumfiea of said carriage by the motor means from any one of a plurality of intermediate columnar position'sdirectly to a precedent intermediate columnar position predetermined by said controlling; means.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a laterally shiftable carriage normally advanced by a step-by-step movement to /efi'ect columnar spacing, motor means for automatically returning the carriage to its first columnar position as an a'ectly to a precedent intermediate columnar position predetermined by said controlling means.

10. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a laterallyshiftable carriage, a motor for advancing the carriage from one columnar position to the next advanced columnar position upon each operation of the machine, a second motor means for normally returning'the carriage to a certain precedent columnar position as an incident to the operation of the machine .with the carriage in a certain advanced columnar position, and means for controlling return of said carriage by said second motor means from an advanced columnar position, different from that from which the carriage is normally returned, to a preced-' ent position different from that to which the carriage is normally returned and pre determined by said controlling means.

11. In a machine of the class described, a late-rally .shiftable carriage, a motor for advancing the carriage from one columnar position to the next advanced columnar position upon each operation of-the machine, a second motor means for normally returning the carriage to a certain precedent columnar positionas an incident to the operation of the machine with the carriage in a certain advanced columnar position and means for controlling return of the carriage by said second motor means directly by a continuous movement in one direction from an advanced columnar position, different from that from which thecarriage is normally returned, to a precedent position different from that to which the carriage is normally returned and predetermined by said controllingl means.

12. In a machine of t e class described, the combination of a laterally shiftable carriage, a motor for advancing the carriage from one columnar position to' the next advanced columnar position upon each opera:

tion of the machine, a second motor means for normally returning the carriage to a certain precedent columnar position as an incident to the operation of the machine with the carriage in a certain advanced columnar position, and means for controlling return of said carriage by said second motormeainsi from any one of, a plurality of advanced columnar positions to a pre cedent position diiferent from that to which the carriage is normally returned and predetermined by said controlling means.

13. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a laterally shiftable carriage, a motor forv advancing the carriage from one columnar position to the next advanced columnar position upon each operation of the machine, a second motor means for normally "returning -the carriage to a certain precedent columnar position as an incident to the operation of the machine with the carriage in a certain advanced columnar position, and means for controlling return of said carriage by said second motor-means from said advanced columnar pgsition to a precedent position different from that to which the carriage is normally returned and predetermined by said controlling means.

14. In a machine of the class described, a laterally shiftable carriage, a motorfor advancing the carriage from one columnar position to the next advanced columnar position upon each operation of the machine, a,

second motor means for normally returning the carriage to a certain precedent columnar position as an incident to the operation ot the machine with the carriage 1n a certam advanced columnar position, and means operated by the carriage for controlling the return of said carriage by said second motor .means from an advanced position different from that from which the carriage is normally returned to a precedent position different' from that to which the carriage is normally returned.

15. In a machine of the class described, alaterally shiftable carriage, a motor for advancing the carriage from one columnar position to the next advanced columnar position upon each operation of the machine,

asecond motor means for normally. return-' ing the carriage to. a certain precedent columnar position as an incident to the ope-ration of the machine with the carriage in a certain advanced columnar position,- and means operated by the carriage for controlling thereturn of said carriage by said second motor means from said advanced columnar poa'tion to a precedent position different 'from that to which the carriage is normally returned.

16. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a laterally shiftable car'- riage, a motor for advancing the carriage from one columnar position to the next ad- 'vanced columnar position upon each operation ofthe machine, a second motor means for normally returmng the carriage to a certam precedent columnar posltion as an 1n- .cident to the operation of the machine with the carriage-in a certain advanced columnar position, and means o erated by the carria-ge for controlling the turn of said carr'lagc by said second motor means directly by a continuous movement in one direction from an advanced columnar position different from that from which the carriage is normally returned to a precedent position riag'e, a motor for shifting the same, a clutch intermediate the motor and carriage, a member on t-hecarriage for disablingtheclutch to position the carriage in a certain position, and a manually positioned device actuated different from that to which the carriage by said member to disable the clutch and pois normally returned. I

17. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a laterally shiftable carriage, a motor for advancing the carriage from one columnar posit-ion to the next advanced columnar position uponeach opera tion of the machine, a second motor means for normally returning the carriage to a certain precedent columnar position as an incident to the ope-ration of the machine with the carriage in a certain advanced columnar position, and means operated by the carriage for controlling the return of said carriage by said motormeans directly i by a continuous movement in one direction rla-ge.

from any one of a plurality of advanced columnar ositions to a precedentposition different rom that to which the carriage is normally returned. v

18. Ina machine of the class described, the combination of a laterally shiftable carprovision for normally moving the carriage ste-p-by-step in one direction to effect columnar spacing as an incident to each operation of the machine, motor means and connections therefrom to the carriage for moving the carriage in the opposite direction, and means for automatically dis abling said connections at different points of movement of the carriage in the last mentioned direction.

19. In afmachine of the class described, the combination of a laterally shiftable carriage adapted to be moved normally stepby-step' in onedirection to effect columnar the machine, automatic means 'for'controL.

spacing as an incident to-the operation of ling said step-by-ste-p movement, motor means and connections from said motor means to'the carriage for moving the carriage in the opposite direction, and means for automatical disabling said connections after variable extents of movement of the carriage ill the last mentioned directlon. 20. In a machineof the class described,

' the combination of a laterally shiftable cal-- I direction.

riage adapted to be lnovednormally in'one direction from one columnar position to the next as an incident to each operation of the machine, automatic. means for controlling said movement, motor means and connections therefrom to the carriage for moving the carriage in the opposite-direction, andmeans carried by the carriage for disablingsaid connections at different points of movement' of'the carriage 1n the last mentioned 21. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a laterally shiftable carsit-ion the -arriage in another columnar position. 1 v v 22. In machine of the class described, the combination of a laterally shiftable carriage, a motor for shifting the same, a clutch intermediate the motor and carriage, a member on the carriage for disabling the clutch to position the carriage in a certain position and a manually positioned device for rendering said clutch effective and actuated by said member to disable the clutclrand position the carria s1tlon. 4

23. In a machine of the class described go in another columnar p0.-

the combination, a laterally shiftable ,car-

riage, a motor for moving the carriage steps by-step in oneidirection, a second motor-formoving the carriage inthe opposite direction, means for automaticallyrendering the' 1 second motor lefi'ective to move the carriage and for rendering the second lnoto'1-,,ine t'- fectlve to POSltlOIl'tllB carriage 1110110 .00

lumnar position, and manual means for ren- I dering thesecond motor ineliective to position the carriage sition.

24. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a. laterally shiftable can ria-ge, a prime mover for actuating the same, a member carried by the carriage for ren-. dering said prime mover effective tomove the carriage, manually operated means for rendering said prime mover effective to move the carriage independently of said member and an velement onsa-ld carriage for rendering said prime mover ineffective the carriage independently of said member,v

and an element on saidcarriage for dis effective by said member, to position the carin another columnar position.

ablin the clutch, afterl t has been rendered riage' in one, columnar position and also ted to operate said means to disable in another columnar pol-i,

' riage, a motor for shifting the same, a clutch intermediate the carriage and motor, a lever connected to one member of the clutch,

a cam member on.said carriage for operating said lever to render the clutch effective, and manually operated means for operating said lever to render the clutch effective independently ofsaid cam member.

27. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a laterally shiftable carriage, a motor for shifting the carriage in one direction by a step-by-step movement, a second motor for shifting the carriage in the opposite direction by a continuous move ment, a clutch intermediate the carriage and second motor, a lever connected toone mem ber of the clutch, a cam member on said carriage for automatically operatingsaid lever torender the clutch effective, and manually operatedmeans for operating said clutch to render the clutch effective independently of said cam member.

28. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a laterally-shiftable carriage, a motor for shifting the same, a clutch intermediate the carriage and the motor, a lever connected to one member of the clutch, a cammember on said carriage for operating said lever to render. the clutch effective,

manually operated-means for operating said,

lever to render the clutch effective independently of said cam member, and means for directly operating said lever to render the clutch ineffective after the same has been rendered effective by said member and for operating said manually operated means .to

operate the lever and thereby render the clutch ineffective after the lever has been manually operated.

29. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a laterally shiftable carriage. a motor for shifting the carriage in one direction bya step-by-step movement, a second motor for shifting the carriage in the opposite direction by a continuous movement, a clutch intermediate the carriage and the second motor,;a lever connected to one member of the clutch, a cammember on said carriage for operating said lever to render the clutch efiective, manually operated means for operating said leverto renderthe clutch effective independently of said cam member, and means for directly operating said lever to render the clutch ineffective after the lever has been operated by said member and for operating said manually operated means to operate the lever to render the clutch ineffective after the lever has been manually operated.

30. In a machine of the class'described,

the combination of a laterally ShiftabIe-carriage, a motor for shifting thecarriage in one direction by a step-by-step movement, a

second motor for shifting the carriage in the opposite direction by a continuous movement, a clutch intermediate the carriage and second motor, a lever connected to one member of the clutch, a cam member on said carriage for automatically operating said lever to render the clutch effective, means for adjustably'mounting the cam member on the carriage, and manually operated means for operating said clutch to render the clutch effective independently of said cam member.

31. In a machine of the class" described, the combination of a laterally shiftable carriage, a-motor for shifting the carriage in one direction by a step-by-step-movement, a I

second motor for shifting the carriage in the opposite direction by a continuous movement, a clutch intermediate the carriage and the second motor, a lever cbnnected to one member of the clutch, a cam member on said carriage for automatically operating said lever to render the clutch effective, means for adjustably mounting the cam member on the carriage, manually operated means for operating said clutch to render the clutch effective independently of said cam member, and means for directly operating said lever to render the clutch ineffective after the lever has been operated by said member and for. operating said manuallyoperable means to operate the lever and render the clutch ineffective after the lever has been manually operated. v

32. In a machine of the class described,

the combination of a laterally shiftable car- 1 render the clutch ineffective after the lever 11 has been manually operated. v

33. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a laterally shiftable carriage, a motor for shifting the carriage in one'direction by a step-by-step movement, a second. motor for shifting the carriage in the opposite direction by a continuous movement, a clutch intermediate the carriage and the second motor," a lever connected to one member of the clutch, a cam member on said carriage for automatically operating said lever to render the clutch effective, manually operated means for operating'said clutch to render the clutch effective independently of said cam member, and a cam element for -directly operating 

